{"id":"F2018L00705","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 133 (May 2018)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-133-may-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100089,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00705-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Federal Financial Relations (National Pa","sectionType":"part","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 133 (May 2018)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 133 (May 2018)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Name of determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Name of determination","content":"### Name of determination\n\n    This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 133 (May 2018).","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commencement","content":"### Commencement\n\n    2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Determination","content":"### Determination\n\n    3. The amounts specified in the following table are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to:\n    (a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects specified in Schedule 1;\n    (b) facilitate the reforms by the States specified in Schedule 1; or\n    (c) reward the States for the nationally significant reforms specified in  \n    Schedule 1.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Table 1: National Partnership Payments f","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 May 2018","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 May 2018\n\n```html\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"width:429.85pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse\"><tbody><tr style=\"height:17.3pt\"><td style=\"width:84.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">State</span></p></td><td style=\"width:5.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\"></span></p></td><td style=\"width:63.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\"></span></p></td><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:232.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Amount of National Partnership Payments</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>New South Wales</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$111,634,030.84</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>Victoria</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$40,056,233.66</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>Queensland</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$109,151,201.32</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>Western Australia</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$43,892,129.46</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>South Australia</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$67,922,986.85</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>Tasmania</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$11,494,150.98</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>Australian Capital Territory</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$37,959,585.87</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span>Northern Territory</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$5,800,525.00</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:20.75pt\"><td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:175.45pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Total</span></p></td><td style=\"width:4.55pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt\"><span></span></p></td><td style=\"width:217.45pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:middle\"><p style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:24pt; text-align:right\"><span>$427,910,843.98</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:0pt\"><td style=\"width:94.95pt\"></td><td style=\"width:16.75pt\"></td><td style=\"width:74.55pt\"></td><td style=\"width:15.35pt\"></td><td style=\"width:228.25pt\"></td></tr></tbody></table>\n```\n\n    4. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"SChedule 1","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# SChedule 1\n\n## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 May 2018 ($)\n\n|                                                                | NSW           | VIC           | QLD          | WA            | SA           | TAS          | ACT        | NT           | Total         |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------- | ------------ | ------------- |\n| Health                                                         |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Health services                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Vaccine preventable diseases surveillance                      | 206,000.00    | 192,000.00    | 166,000.00   | -             | 81,000.00    | -            | 36,000.00  | 48,000.00    | 729,000.00    |\n| Indigenous health                                              |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Improving Trachoma Control Services for Indigenous Australians | -             | -             | 460,000.00   | 1,614,000.00  | 1,299,000.00 | -            | -          | 1,750,000.00 | 5,123,000.00  |\n| Other health payments                                          |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| National Coronial Information System                           | -             | 400,000.00    | -            | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 400,000.00    |\n| Adult Public Dental Services                                   | -             | 20,177,356.00 | -            | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 20,177,356.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments                     | 206,000.00    | 20,769,356.00 | 626,000.00   | 1,614,000.00  | 1,380,000.00 | -            | 36,000.00  | 1,798,000.00 | 26,429,356.00 |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Education                                                      |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (non-government schools)    | -             | -             | 192,031.31   | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 192,031.31    |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (government schools)        | -             | -             | 494,251.04   | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 494,251.04    |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments                  | -             | -             | 686,282.35   | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 686,282.35    |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Community Services                                             |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Home and community care                                        | -             | -             | -            | 16,514,945.98 | -            | -            | -          | -            | 16,514,945.98 |\n| Specialist disability services                                 | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00  | 3,653,000.00 | -             | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00   | -          | 507,000.00   | 26,825,000.00 |\n| Family Advocacy and Support Services                           | 1,665,000.00  | 1,240,000.00  | 1,110,000.00 | 655,000.00    | 610,000.00   | 605,000.00   | 555,000.00 | 537,500.00   | 6,977,500.00  |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA                                       | -             | -             | -            | 7,580,706.00  | -            | -            | -          | -            | 7,580,706.00  |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments         | 14,478,000.00 | 7,408,000.00  | 4,763,000.00 | 24,750,651.98 | 3,306,000.00 | 1,593,000.00 | 555,000.00 | 1,044,500.00 | 57,898,151.98 |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Affordable Housing                                             |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Homelessness                                                   | 2,501,000.00  | 1,899,000.00  | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00  | 739,000.00   | 233,000.00   | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00   | 9,580,000.00  |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments         | 2,501,000.00  | 1,899,000.00  | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00  | 739,000.00   | 233,000.00   | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00   | 9,580,000.00  |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n\n  \n\n| Infrastructure                                                        |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | -------------- |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program                                     |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Investment Rail                                                       | -              | -             | 15,000,000.00  | -             | 49,946,000.00 | -             | -             | -            | 64,946,000.00  |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road                 | 63,360,064.52  | 102,257.91    | 22,968,189.39  | 7,746,147.48  | 11,598,161.85 | 3,420,151.98  | 242,585.87    | -            | 109,437,559.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States                          | 1,130,242.00   | 751,595.00    | 141,973.00     | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 2,023,810.00   |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments                               | 602,692.00     | 175,000.00    | 49,225.00      | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 826,917.00     |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States                                      | 5,295,000.00   | 2,327,000.00  | -              | 506,048.00    | 315,000.00    | -             | -             | -            | 8,443,048.00   |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package                                         |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| ARF - IIP - National Highway Upgrade Programme                        | -              | -             | -              | -             | -             | 1,500,000.00  | -             | -            | 1,500,000.00   |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads                                      | 10,000,000.00  | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 10,000,000.00  |\n| Nourthern Australia Roads Projects - To payments                      | -              | -             | 1,750,000.00   | 6,200,000.00  | -             | -             | -             | -            | 7,950,000.00   |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments (unallocated)                             | -              | -             | 57,100,000.00  | -             | -             | -             | -             | 2,000,000.00 | 59,100,000.00  |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments                    | 80,387,998.52  | 3,355,852.91  | 97,009,387.39  | 14,452,195.48 | 61,859,161.85 | 4,920,151.98  | 242,585.87    | 2,000,000.00 | 264,227,334.00 |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Environment                                                           |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Pest and Disease Preparedness and Response Programs                   | -              | 24,024.75     | 1,295,000.00   | 71,057.00     | -             | -             | -             | -            | 1,390,081.75   |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | 10,000,000.00  | -             | 1,154,531.58   | -             | -             | 4,747,999.00  | 37,000,000.00 | -            | 52,902,530.58  |\n| Water Development Fund - Feasibility Component                        | -              | -             | 1,225,000.00   | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 1,225,000.00   |\n| Water Infrastructure Development Fund - Capital Component             | -              | 6,600,000.00  | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 6,600,000.00   |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments                       | 10,000,000.00  | 6,624,024.75  | 3,674,531.58   | 71,057.00     | -             | 4,747,999.00  | 37,000,000.00 | -            | 62,117,612.33  |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Other                                                                 |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Developing Demand-Driver Infrastructure for the Tourism Industry      | -              | -             | -              | 1,757,225.00  | 638,825.00    | -             | -             | 515,025.00   | 2,911,075.00   |\n| Heffron Park centre of excellence                                     | 4,000,000.00   | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 4,000,000.00   |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments                             | 4,000,000.00   | -             | -              | 1,757,225.00  | 638,825.00    | -             | -             | 515,025.00   | 6,911,075.00   |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Contingent Payments                                                   |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Hepatitis C settlement fund                                           | 61,032.32      | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 61,032.32      |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments               | 61,032.32      | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 61,032.32      |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Total National Partnership Payments                                   | 111,634,030.84 | 40,056,233.66 | 109,151,201.32 | 43,892,129.46 | 67,922,986.85 | 11,494,150.98 | 37,959,585.87 | 5,800,525.00 | 427,910,843.98 |","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 May 2018 ($)","content":"## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 May 2018 ($)\n\n|                                                                | NSW           | VIC           | QLD          | WA            | SA           | TAS          | ACT        | NT           | Total         |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------- | ------------ | ------------- |\n| Health                                                         |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Health services                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Vaccine preventable diseases surveillance                      | 206,000.00    | 192,000.00    | 166,000.00   | -             | 81,000.00    | -            | 36,000.00  | 48,000.00    | 729,000.00    |\n| Indigenous health                                              |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Improving Trachoma Control Services for Indigenous Australians | -             | -             | 460,000.00   | 1,614,000.00  | 1,299,000.00 | -            | -          | 1,750,000.00 | 5,123,000.00  |\n| Other health payments                                          |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| National Coronial Information System                           | -             | 400,000.00    | -            | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 400,000.00    |\n| Adult Public Dental Services                                   | -             | 20,177,356.00 | -            | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 20,177,356.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments                     | 206,000.00    | 20,769,356.00 | 626,000.00   | 1,614,000.00  | 1,380,000.00 | -            | 36,000.00  | 1,798,000.00 | 26,429,356.00 |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Education                                                      |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (non-government schools)    | -             | -             | 192,031.31   | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 192,031.31    |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (government schools)        | -             | -             | 494,251.04   | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 494,251.04    |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments                  | -             | -             | 686,282.35   | -             | -            | -            | -          | -            | 686,282.35    |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Community Services                                             |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Home and community care                                        | -             | -             | -            | 16,514,945.98 | -            | -            | -          | -            | 16,514,945.98 |\n| Specialist disability services                                 | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00  | 3,653,000.00 | -             | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00   | -          | 507,000.00   | 26,825,000.00 |\n| Family Advocacy and Support Services                           | 1,665,000.00  | 1,240,000.00  | 1,110,000.00 | 655,000.00    | 610,000.00   | 605,000.00   | 555,000.00 | 537,500.00   | 6,977,500.00  |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA                                       | -             | -             | -            | 7,580,706.00  | -            | -            | -          | -            | 7,580,706.00  |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments         | 14,478,000.00 | 7,408,000.00  | 4,763,000.00 | 24,750,651.98 | 3,306,000.00 | 1,593,000.00 | 555,000.00 | 1,044,500.00 | 57,898,151.98 |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Affordable Housing                                             |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n| Homelessness                                                   | 2,501,000.00  | 1,899,000.00  | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00  | 739,000.00   | 233,000.00   | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00   | 9,580,000.00  |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments         | 2,501,000.00  | 1,899,000.00  | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00  | 739,000.00   | 233,000.00   | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00   | 9,580,000.00  |\n|                                                                |               |               |              |               |              |              |            |              |               |\n\n  \n\n| Infrastructure                                                        |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | -------------- |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program                                     |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Investment Rail                                                       | -              | -             | 15,000,000.00  | -             | 49,946,000.00 | -             | -             | -            | 64,946,000.00  |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road                 | 63,360,064.52  | 102,257.91    | 22,968,189.39  | 7,746,147.48  | 11,598,161.85 | 3,420,151.98  | 242,585.87    | -            | 109,437,559.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States                          | 1,130,242.00   | 751,595.00    | 141,973.00     | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 2,023,810.00   |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments                               | 602,692.00     | 175,000.00    | 49,225.00      | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 826,917.00     |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States                                      | 5,295,000.00   | 2,327,000.00  | -              | 506,048.00    | 315,000.00    | -             | -             | -            | 8,443,048.00   |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package                                         |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| ARF - IIP - National Highway Upgrade Programme                        | -              | -             | -              | -             | -             | 1,500,000.00  | -             | -            | 1,500,000.00   |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads                                      | 10,000,000.00  | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 10,000,000.00  |\n| Nourthern Australia Roads Projects - To payments                      | -              | -             | 1,750,000.00   | 6,200,000.00  | -             | -             | -             | -            | 7,950,000.00   |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments (unallocated)                             | -              | -             | 57,100,000.00  | -             | -             | -             | -             | 2,000,000.00 | 59,100,000.00  |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments                    | 80,387,998.52  | 3,355,852.91  | 97,009,387.39  | 14,452,195.48 | 61,859,161.85 | 4,920,151.98  | 242,585.87    | 2,000,000.00 | 264,227,334.00 |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Environment                                                           |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Pest and Disease Preparedness and Response Programs                   | -              | 24,024.75     | 1,295,000.00   | 71,057.00     | -             | -             | -             | -            | 1,390,081.75   |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | 10,000,000.00  | -             | 1,154,531.58   | -             | -             | 4,747,999.00  | 37,000,000.00 | -            | 52,902,530.58  |\n| Water Development Fund - Feasibility Component                        | -              | -             | 1,225,000.00   | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 1,225,000.00   |\n| Water Infrastructure Development Fund - Capital Component             | -              | 6,600,000.00  | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 6,600,000.00   |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments                       | 10,000,000.00  | 6,624,024.75  | 3,674,531.58   | 71,057.00     | -             | 4,747,999.00  | 37,000,000.00 | -            | 62,117,612.33  |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Other                                                                 |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Developing Demand-Driver Infrastructure for the Tourism Industry      | -              | -             | -              | 1,757,225.00  | 638,825.00    | -             | -             | 515,025.00   | 2,911,075.00   |\n| Heffron Park centre of excellence                                     | 4,000,000.00   | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 4,000,000.00   |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments                             | 4,000,000.00   | -             | -              | 1,757,225.00  | 638,825.00    | -             | -             | 515,025.00   | 6,911,075.00   |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Contingent Payments                                                   |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Hepatitis C settlement fund                                           | 61,032.32      | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 61,032.32      |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments               | 61,032.32      | -             | -              | -             | -             | -             | -             | -            | 61,032.32      |\n|                                                                       |                |               |                |               |               |               |               |              |                |\n| Total National Partnership Payments                                   | 111,634,030.84 | 40,056,233.66 | 109,151,201.32 | 43,892,129.46 | 67,922,986.85 | 11,494,150.98 | 37,959,585.87 | 5,800,525.00 | 427,910,843.98 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination is a routine authorisation of specific National Partnership Payments for a single payment date and does not expand the legal scope of the Federal Financial Relations framework. It translates the established purpose of National Partnership Payments (targeted Commonwealth funding to States for projects and reforms) into a line-item schedule of payments. It therefore remains within the original, routine scope of authorising targeted payments rather than materially changing that scope."},"complexity_factors":["Mostly tabular payment schedule with a clear one-off payment date (low structural complexity)","Multiple program categories and many line items in Schedule 1 (around dozens of distinct allocations)","Several cross-cutting purposes listed in s3 (support delivery, facilitate reforms, reward reforms) but limited detail on operational conditions in the Determination itself","Implicit cross-references to underlying National Partnership Agreements and program guidelines (implementation complexity offloaded to other instruments)","Mixture of unconditional and contingent items (e.g., a ‘Hepatitis C settlement fund’ contingent payment) increases administrative complexity","Different payment types (project grants, reform facilitation, rewards) require distinct monitoring and reporting processes","Varied recipients across eight jurisdictions and many sectors increases transactional and compliance overhead for both Commonwealth and States"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- This Determination authorises one-off National Partnership Payments from the Commonwealth to the States on a specified payment date (Table 1 — payment on 7 May 2018). (See s3 and Table 1.)\n- Section 3 states the legal purpose: the amounts listed are to be paid to States to make grants that either (a) support delivery of specified outputs or projects; (b) facilitate specified State reforms; or (c) reward States for nationally significant reforms. Schedule 1 gives the program-by-program and State-by-State breakdown of those payments.\n- The schedule lists payments by sector (Health, Education, Community Services, Affordable Housing, Infrastructure, Environment, Other and Contingent Payments) and shows the dollar amounts allocated to each State and Territory. The total authorised payment is $427,910,843.98 for the specified date. (See Schedule 1 and Table 1.)\n\n**Who pays, who decides, and who is affected**\n\n- Who pays: the Commonwealth (Australian Government) is the payer — it authorises the national payments listed in the Determination (s3). The fiscal cost therefore falls on Commonwealth appropriations/taxpayers.\n- Who decides: the Determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations framework, specifies the amounts and recipients. Operational details (how funds are spent and any performance conditions) are administered by the Commonwealth and the receiving State agencies, consistent with the National Partnership arrangement in question. The Determination itself is the legal authorisation to transfer the sums in Table 1 and Schedule 1.\n- Who is affected: State and Territory governments (recipients) and the public bodies and private contractors they procure to deliver the funded services and projects. Specific programs named in Schedule 1 (for example: Adult Public Dental Services in Victoria; Investment Rail/Investment Road projects; Home and Community Care in WA; water infrastructure funding and Indigenous health programs) will be the immediate focuses of spending.\n\n**Why it matters (official rationale and practical consequences)**\n\n- Officially (as stated in s3), the payments exist to support delivery of services/projects, to facilitate reforms, or to reward nationally significant reforms. That is the stated purpose; the schedule translates that purpose into line-item payments for particular programs and States.\n- Budgetary cost: the Commonwealth is committing $427.9 million on this payment date. That is a direct fiscal outlay and an opportunity cost against other Commonwealth spending priorities.\n- Incentives and behaviour: by tying Commonwealth money to named programs and reforms, the Determination creates incentives for States to deliver the specified outputs and to meet any conditions attached to the underlying National Partnership arrangements. States will decide how to deploy the funds within the specified program, and their procurement and contracting choices will determine which private suppliers benefit.\n- Administrative and compliance implications: although this Determination lists amounts, implementation typically requires administrative activity — reporting, compliance checks and possibly performance assessments — administered by Commonwealth and State agencies. Those implementation tasks create bureaucratic cost and compliance burden for both levels of government. The Determination itself does not set out operational conditions in detail; implementation and conditions are usually specified in the relevant National Partnership Agreements or other instruments referenced by administrators. (See s4 which points to Schedule 1 for further information.)\n\n**Concrete, source-grounded observations about effects and trade-offs**\n\n- Concentrated benefits: the payments are concentrated in particular States and specific programs. For example, the Infrastructure category accounts for the largest share of funding in the schedule (about $264.2m), and single large line items include State-level road and rail investments and Victoria’s Adult Public Dental Services ($20.18m). These are identifiable, concentrated gains to those jurisdictions and sectors (Schedule 1).\n- Diffuse costs: the costs are borne by the Commonwealth budget (and thus broadly by Australian taxpayers). The Determination does not create a new tax but reallocates Commonwealth spending priorities to the listed programs and States.\n- Effects on private enterprise and markets: the instrument channels public spending into publicly delivered services and capital works. That generates contracting opportunities for private construction, ICT, health and service providers chosen by States; it may also alter competitive dynamics in service markets (for example, additional public dental funding could affect private dental service demand locally), depending on how States deploy the funds.\n- Substitution and opportunity costs: because the Determination is a targeted funding transfer, States may use the money to expand service delivery or to substitute for their own spending — the Determination does not, in itself, constrain whether funds supplement or supplant State spending (that detail is determined in the administering agreements and State budgets). The Commonwealth foregoes alternative uses of $427.9m.\n- Implementation risk and discretion: the Determination lists amounts but not detailed delivery mechanics; implementing agencies retain discretion over procurement and operational choices subject to any conditions in underlying agreements. That structure creates administrative risk (reporting, verification) and some discretion for officials at Commonwealth and State levels in how success is assessed and enforced.\n\n**Where to look next in practice**\n\n- To see contractual or performance conditions that actually change State behaviour, you will generally need to consult the corresponding National Partnership Agreements and program guidelines referenced implicitly by this Determination. The Determination is the payment authorisation; the underlying agreements typically set milestones, reporting requirements and the detailed terms that determine whether payments are earned or withheld."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves its original purpose exactly as intended. It is one in a series of routine monthly/quarterly payment determinations made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. The scope remains limited to authorising specific National Partnership Payments to States and Territories, which is precisely what the legislation was designed to do. No scope creep is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Very short operative provisions (only 4 sections)","No defined terms section — all language is plain English","No cross-references to other legislation beyond generic reference to 'Schedule 1'","Simple tabular format for payment allocations — essentially a spreadsheet with legal force","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single purpose instrument: authorises specific payments on a specific date"],"plain_english_summary":"This budget instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay $427.9 million to all eight States and Territories on 7 May 2018 for specified projects and services. Funds are earmarked across health, education, community services, housing, infrastructure and environment, not as general revenue.\n\nIt affects State and Territory governments (who must deliver the programs) and Australians who benefit from the services. It matters because it legally transfers targeted federal funding to support joint Commonwealth–state initiatives and makes those fiscal commitments transparent."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-133-may-2018","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-133-may-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-133-may-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-133-may-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-133-may-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-133-may-2018/documents"}}